bajada

English

Alternative forms

• bahada

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bajada.

Noun

bajada (plural bajadas)

1. (US) In the southwestern US, a slope, specifically part of a piedmont slope made of rocky detritus.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈxada/ [baˈxa.ð̞a]

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧ja‧da

Noun

bajada f (plural bajadas)

1. drop, descent

   Synonym: descenso

   Antonym: subida

2. declivity

   Synonym: declividad

Derived terms

• bajada de aguas
• bajada de bandera

Related terms

• bajar

Participle

bajada f sg

1. feminine singular of bajado

Further reading

• “bajada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10